hardest hitters h/w....

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  1. bigG

    bigG Well-Known Member Full Member

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    ok, so looking at the is tyson power overated thread, it got me too thinking, who are the most destructive punchers at h/w...i dont mean most succesful...just the most destructive , heavy handed fighters the division has seen.....not cumulation a la tyson, and even rocky...just the power to take someone out with a single shot.......howz about big old foreman, frank bruno and corrie sanders to start with......max baer right hand must be up there too...any more for any more....cooney left hook, morrison ditto.....
     
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  2. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Foreman
    Liston
    Shavers
    Tua
    Lewis
    Tyson
    Marciano
    Louis
    Dempsey
    Cooney

    Straight right hand:

    Lewis
    Louis
    Foreman(well it wasn't accurate but hard)
    Shavers
    Marciano
    Tyson

    Left Hook:

    Frazier
    Dempsey
    Tua

    Uppercut:

    Johnson
    Tyson
     
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  3. Vanboxingfan

    Vanboxingfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lewis


    I think Lewis' uppercut should be on there. The may have cheated but he absolutely destroyed Grant with it. And it was a devestating punch against Tyson when they fought as well as V.K.
     
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  4. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    yeah fogot about Lewis's uppercut. Great hitter with good handspeed for a big man
     
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  5. Manassa

    Manassa - banned

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    Very strange.
     
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  6. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    :huh
     
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  7. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Dempsey had a great uppercut. Marciano knock Louis out of the ring with a uppercut.
     
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  8. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He knocked Louis out of the ring with a straight right, but really KO'd Louis with the uppercut, Louis was just sitting on the ropes when Marciano knocked him through them with the straight right.
     
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  9. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Shavers, Foreman, Cooney, Marciano, Tyson, Lewis, Tua, Mercer, Morrison, Liston, Dempsey.
     
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  10. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What about Cooney's left hook? He had one of the hardest left hooks of all time, if not the hardest.
     
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  11. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Well Marciano was makeing the movements for the uppercut when Louis sat on the ropes. Do with I saw the end from other view. That back view was pretty hard to tell what happen.
     
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  12. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yep. He hit Louis with a left uppercut that completely finished Louis, but Louis was still sitting on the ropes, so Marciano hit him with a left uppercut, right straight combo, which knocked Louis through the ropes.
     
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  13. AnthonyJ74

    AnthonyJ74 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Do you think Joe Frazier had more power in his left hook than did George Foreman? I doubt Joe could hit harder than Foreman with any type of a punch.
     
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  14. AnthonyJ74

    AnthonyJ74 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'd definately add Razor Ruddock and Tommy Morrison into the mix.
     
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  15. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    true in terms of power Foreman may be ahead, but Fraziers came with speed and power. That's why he floored Ali and always seemed to hurt Ali more then Big George
     
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